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Actually, this guy does not have to be a college "graduate" to become an officer. In fact, you only need 90 credits to become an officer but, before you try to become a Captain-you must have your Bachelor's by then.
He may have also done the OCS program (Officer Candidate School). You can be in the military like the Guard and go to school while one-weekend-a-month going to your OCS station. There is an accelerated program and a traditional program (which I think trad. takes 2-3 years, whereas the acc. program is pretty quick).
I also joined the military when I was 17 (with permission of my parents-signing). I went to basic between training between the end of my junior year and the beginning of my senior year in high school and later went to AIT the summer after I graduated high school. I was in college for a semester (in 2002) before I was called up to serve in Iraq. When deployments first started (when I went) in 2003, they didn't always last a full year. In fact, I was deployed for a total of 9 months. I served 2 in the states training up to go with my unit, 1 month in Kuwait and 6 months in Iraq. I later returned to school in 2004 (since by the time I returned, in October 2003 the semester was already in session). I still remembered everyone-and they remembered me. So, it is quite possible for your brother to have had an experience like mine.
I even joined the ROTC program but, still did drills with my unit one state over (4-hour trip one way) since I had gone overseas with them-they put me in a special MI program. Between receiving my Associate's, 2-Bachelor's Degrees and a minor, along with all my other involvement in school (not to mention my sorority) and my military service during that time--I chose not to stick with ROTC. I liked the program but, I was unsure what I wanted to do with myself after graduation. Maybe your brother is in the same boat. So, yes it is possible he did serve and did do ROTC but, it became too much for him (especially-if he is like me and pays his own way without the financial help of his family).
Give him the benefit of the doubt but, def. talk to him. No one deserves to be lied to whether it's about dating a million and one girls or being in the military because it's about respect. You should respect your friends and your brothers / sisters.....
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